bookcurios Chapter 1784 If there are no witnesses and no records, the imperial edict will be invalid.
Chapter 1784 If there are no witnesses and no records, the imperial edict will be invalid.
Queen Zheng looked at the ministers present and saw that many of them were kneeling down, wanting Chen'er to take out the imperial edict.
She looked at Jamel Xiao and said.
"Chen'er, since so many ministers want to see the imperial edict left by the late emperor, you can take it out and show it to them."
"According to the order."
After Xiao Jingchen saluted Queen Zheng, he took out an imperial edict from his arms.
Prince Yin and Prince Ze did not expect that Jamel Xiao actually had another imperial edict.
They originally thought that the imperial edict before was the one left by the emperor's grandfather.
"Lord Liu, Lord Cui, Uncle Prince Hong...please take a close look at this imperial edict to see if it is the one left by our great grandfather, or if it is the one written by our great grandfather?"
After hearing Prince Chen's words, the people who were named came out immediately.
Queen Zheng looked at the old imperial edict and her eyes swept over the princes.
Seeing them clenching their fists and looking angry and anxious, Queen Zheng raised her head and looked at the entrance of the hall.
Emperor, you have put in so much effort, but the princes you raised are so disrespectful.
She has already found out some information about the palace coup.
Everyone gathered together and looked carefully at the contents of the imperial edict. After a while, Lord Liu spoke.
"In reply to the Empress, the handwriting on this imperial edict does look like it was written by the late Emperor himself."
Lord Liu did not dare to say directly that it was written by the late emperor himself.
"In reply to the Empress, I have carefully read it and it is indeed the handwriting of the late Emperor."
Prince Hong listened to the words of the two ministers, glanced at Prince Chen, and then looked at Queen Zheng.
"In reply to the Imperial Sister-in-law, this handwriting is indeed my father's. When my father usually writes, the stroke of the word cheng is longer than other characters..."
Prince Hong mentioned several of the previous emperor's writing habits. Several ministers looked at the words and found that they were indeed as Prince Hong had said.
Prince Yin, Prince Ze and others became even more anxious.
At this time, Prince An and Prince Liao also spoke.
"This handwriting doesn't look like it's an imperial edict from my father. Is there any record? Are there any other witnesses? If there are none of these, this imperial edict cannot be counted..."
"Brother An is right. Without these, the imperial edict that Chen Er brought out would not count."
"Prince An, Prince Liao, this has the late emperor's seal and his private seal."
"This handwriting is indeed the handwriting of the late emperor."
"There must be records on file, and there should be other witnesses as well. Lord Chen, do you have any other witnesses?"
"This imperial decree is real, but if there is no record and no other witnesses, it is indeed not valid."
"Otherwise, anyone can forge an imperial edict."
"If someone brings out an imperial edict in the future and claims it's the emperor's will, will we obey it or not?"
"I also think what Prince An and Prince Liao said is very true."
"I second the proposal."
For a moment, many ministers also expressed their opinions.
Just when Prince Yin and Prince Ze were feeling happy, Prince Chen spoke.
"Of course there are records. Someone, bring out the records from that year..."
what?
This is actually in Prince Chen's hands? Wasn't this destroyed by the emperor a long time ago?
At that time, a fire broke out in the place where the imperial edicts were stored, and a lot of information was burned.
"What about the witnesses? Lord Chen, do you have any witnesses?"
"The chief eunuch who was beside the emperor's grandfather."
"Wasn't the steward sent to guard the imperial mausoleum? Didn't he die?"